Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were made wards of court in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41096/20]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The High Court has jurisdiction in wards of court matters and management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions under the Courts Service Act 1998. 

However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that there were 346 wards of court declared in 2019 and 271 wards of court declared to date in 2020.